Saturday, June 12, 2010

Paradise in Piedmont 2010

Ciao from Piemonte! As you can see here we finally we able to offer a special remembrance to our friend Piero Coppi for the reliquary at Castellania. Fausto Coppi passed away 50 years ago and was remembered by the Giro d'Italia which passed by the town on their way to Novi Ligure. They looped around Gavi before the final sprint, catching the sprinter's teams a bit off-guard as the hills around here proved a bit tough for them to catch the escapers. We toured the cellar here at Villa Sparina before enjoying a few varieties of their often excellent wines as you can see Tim and Camilla doing here in the garden bar. Tomorrow we're off to Cortemilia via the Dolcetto hills.

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Larry and Heather met while leading bike tours in Italy, married soon after, and have since enjoyed almost 30 years of cycling guide experience. We launched CycleItalia in 1998 (after a decade working with another tour operation) to share our unique passion for Italy with you. CycleItalia has its roots in the Italian cycling getaways we planned as a couple during our time off, exploring the little-traveled backroads of untouristed regions, discovering small family-run inns and enjoying authentic country cuisine. We coined the phrase "pedala forte, mangia bene!' (ride hard, eat well!) to describe our philosophy and while imitators come and we've now created Piedmont Cycling Resort to offer complete flexibility for your Italian cycling vacation. Join us!